August Hatch along?

[MichelleBelle]

The incubator is the Harris Farms Nurture Right 360, purchased from Tractor Supply Company.

There’s an incredibly extensive thread about it here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/nurture-right-360-incubator-okay.1221033/
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On a side note, being born is hard work. These babies are all tuckered out!
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Thanks so much for a very thorough review of your incubator. I really appreciate it. And those little chicks are so darling! Has your family decided on names for the newest additions?

 

[Amiloo928]

Thanks so much for a very thorough review of your incubator. I really appreciate it. And those little chicks are so darling! Has your family decided on names for the newest additions?

We have only named one, tentatively. She was the one that pipped on the wrong end of the egg. She was 5th to hatch out of 7. She’s a bit smaller than the rest, and had to work harder than the others to get out of her shell. When she finally hatched my wife said, “She’s a mighty beast! We should name her Maleficent.” And so it became her name, providing she is actually a she. The first one to hatch I’m pretty sure is a boy. He’s decidedly the tallest and broadest of them all, and his legs are thicker than all of the others. He also seems to be quite pushy and pecks at his siblings frequently. I think I’m going to name him Butch, though if he really is a boy, he won’t be staying with us long term. The rest have no names yet, and likely won’t for some time. Our two 5 week old chicks from our broody mama still don’t have fully decided names. One of them is definitely a handsome black and white cockerel, and we are toying with the name Tux for him, because we intend to keep him as our only roo. The other could be a late bloomer cockerel, or an early bloomer pullet, it’s still a bit hard to tell. “Her” comb is the same size as his, but has less color to it still. We haven’t given much thought to naming her yet.

How are your little ones coming along @TxToxDoc?

 

[Sakai]

So many new babies! Makes me all excited.
Today was day 15 and second candle. All 7 have life and are moving around. My only worry is that 2 of the eggs are showing almost no weight loss. one is showing more than expected and the rest are right on. I'm not sure why these two are losing less mosture than the others. I'm keeping the humidity in the 30's for the most part. I guess we'll just have to wait and see what happens with those two. They are the fatties too, they weighed the most.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

All my chicks have names long before the eggs are even set.
They get numbered, colored leg bands based on the year of hatch and sequence of hatch.
They are all the same breed/variety so it would really be impossible to tell very many apart for names.
Perhaps just as important, since I eat a lot of them, I don't have any desire to name them. I really don't want to kill, clean and cook James or Chucky.
I use the same color code as is used for queen bees.
International Queen Marking Color Code
Years ending in 1 or 6 = white
Ending in 2 or 7 = yellow
3 or 8 = red for bees, orange for chickens
4 or 9 = green
5 or 0 = blue
I can look at any bird from afar and know its age.
The numbers are 1-100 based on when they hatched. First one out in January this year was Orange #1.

 

[MichelleBelle]

I'm happy to report I just heard loud chirping from the incubator. Somebody has internally pipped!!

 

[anvia]

All my chicks have names long before the eggs are even set.
They get numbered, colored leg bands based on the year of hatch and sequence of hatch.
They are all the same breed/variety so it would really be impossible to tell very many apart for names.
Perhaps just as important, since I eat a lot of them, I don't have any desire to name them. I really don't want to kill, clean and cook James or Chucky.
I use the same color code as is used for queen bees.
International Queen Marking Color Code
Years ending in 1 or 6 = white
Ending in 2 or 7 = yellow
3 or 8 = red for bees, orange for chickens
4 or 9 = green
5 or 0 = blue
I can look at any bird from afar and know its age.
The numbers are 1-100 based on when they hatched. First one out in January this year was Orange #1.

We try not to name our because apparently the foxes, badgers and goshawks find named birds tastier...!
So it’s become a curse! Having said that some end up with names simply because they have big personalities... and they seem to attract names.
I’m currently fearing for the longevity of Amber, Agatha, Mrs Biglegs, Mrs Poorly and Mr Delicious.... we seem to fare better when they operate under collective nouns... however “the chicks” are over 2 years old now and contain a group of 3 ft+ high cockerel siblings.... as for the “big girls”.... they are a group of bantams...
Our last hatch have been nicknamed the wonky ones.... or wonkies for short....
I think we've lost all reason & semblance of dignity here!

 

[Amiloo928]

I'm happy to report I just heard loud chirping from the incubator. Somebody has internally pipped!!

This is so exciting!!

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I went in to turn and candle the eggs set on the 15th and two of the three due Sunday are already pipping.

 

[JDB99]

Nice little surprise to come home to. 5 out of13 are pipped a little early at 19.5 days.

 

[Jules929]

Yay! Good luck!